Anything other than stone does have a downside - blowing away, tracking in the house, having to replace and refresh every year. But the upside is you are cultivating the earth not creating a barrier for Mother Nature to frown upon. Yes I was a tree hugger and love things organic - wish I could wake up one morning and all the rock in my front yard disappeared! But I also understand there are folks who are no more interested in pulling a weed or designing a landscape than they are in getting an unnecessary root canal. So the weed mat and rock serve their purpose in the right environment.
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